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One of the many great things about working on del.icio.us is hearing from people who really grok what we do and why we’re doing it. This enthusiasm takes many forms, and we’ve definitely been blown away by interest in our preview as well as the overwhelming response for our old swag.

It’s all great, and it’s extra-great when someone creates something that’s extra-special. For all of you who struggle to explain Social Bookmarking to your family and friends, there’s now an awesome video for you:

Many thanks to Lee and Sachi Lefever at Common Craft for their efforts here. So, next time you’re trying to explaining why this “Social Bookmarking” thing is all the rage, you now know what video to play.

Nick Nguyen
Product Manager

Firefox 3 users, rejoice! Today I’m pleased to announce a beta release of an enhanced version of our Firefox Add-on for del.icio.us that now has full Firefox 3 support while retaining Firefox 2 compatibility. While it is largely similar to the release version of our Firefox Add-on, there are a few nifty new features:

• Jump to Tag feature (press ctrl-shift-y) allows you to quickly access tags and
  bookmarks using the keyboard
• New layout for saving bookmarks
• Preferences now in a separate dialog under Tools (which also can be
  invoked via the prefs button on the FF Add-ons pane)
• Status bar indicators for network activity, new links for you, and the del.icio.us website
• Classic mode for users who just want simple buttons without the overhead of sync

Like any beta release this Firefox Add-on is meant to provide you with a preview of upcoming features. Some of the features and interface choices, like Jump To Tag, are experimental and may change before we officially launch and we’re eager to hear your feedback on the changes, especially if you think we can do certain things better. If you have issues or comments, please let us know in the delicious-firefox-extension Yahoo! Group.

If you’re not already familiar with the extension, take a look at our Quick Tour which explains the basics. It hasn’t been updated to reflect all the new features but is a great way to get started.

Thanks for helping us test- we’ve built and upgraded these Add-ons based on lots of user feedback and we hope you enjoy trying them out.

Nick Nguyen
Senior Product Manager, del.icio.us

Today, I’m happy to announce an early beta release of an Internet Explorer version of our del.icio.us bookmarks extension. For the first time our Internet Explorer users will enjoy most of the best features of our new Firefox extension. We’re very excited about this release, as we have many users who use Internet Explorer as their primary browser. Since there are some differences between Internet Explorer and Firefox, the two versions are not exactly the same, but you’ll find many of the same great features like the del.icio.us Sidebar and Toolbar. Here’s an overview of the IE features.

• Near instantaneous searching with very large accounts (over 10K bookmarks)
• Full del.icio.us sidebar and toolbar implementation with bookmark sync and typedown search
• Toolbar indicators for new network activity and links for you
• Works on IE6, IE7, and IE8 beta on both XP and Vista

Interested? Download it here.

Since this release is so new, we’ve also created a Yahoo! Group for downloading and discussing the Internet Explorer release. Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delicious-ie-extension to sign up. In the group we’ll gather your feedback and share the release notes for each version. We’ve been using it every day in the del.icio.us tagmines for a few months now, but that doesn’t mean that we’ve found all the bugs. Just like the Firefox 3 release, many of the features and interface choices are experimental and may change before we officially launch. As always, we’re eager to hear your feedback on the add-on.

In other news, we’re all humbled by the large and positive reaction to our Firefox 3 beta extension release announcement a couple of weeks ago. Thanks to everyone who tried our extension out, especially those who submitted bugs. This feedback is enormously helpful as we work towards a final release of that extension.

Nick Nguyen
Senior Product Manager, del.icio.us

A little over a month ago, we announced our beta for Firefox 3 and encouraged you to try it out. After hundreds of thousands of downloads, you gave us some great feedback on how we could make it better and more stable. We’ve incorporated many fixes and refinements into the final release, and we’ve got a plan to release more features on a regular basis. Thanks again to everyone who participated in our beta; we really couldn’t have gotten here without you.

For a complete list of new features, check out our blog post announcing the beta; it covers all the basics.

For those of you who haven’t used our Firefox extension, it’s a great way to search and manage your bookmarks as well as keep track of your Delicious network and links for you. And if you’re still using Firefox 2, the new extension works perfectly with that browser as well. If you already use our existing extension, you’ll get a reminder to upgrade when you start Firefox. If you’re new to the extension, check it out on Mozilla’s add-on page.

Nick Nguyen
Senior Product Manager, del.icio.us

Amit Papnai
Principal Engineer, del.icio.us Extension Team

Sibil Mohammed
Senior Software Engineer (Firefox Extension)

Vivekanand Bolajwar
Senior Web Developer (Firefox Extension)

Sanjay Kumar
del.icio.us Extension Team QA